Author: Lizbeth Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113490696X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A much-needed analysis of the development of feminist theatre in different cultures and on several continents in the past quarter-century.
Contemporary Feminist Theatres
Author: Lizbeth Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113490696X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A much-needed analysis of the development of feminist theatre in different cultures and on several continents in the past quarter-century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113490696X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A much-needed analysis of the development of feminist theatre in different cultures and on several continents in the past quarter-century.
Contemporary Feminist Theatres
Author: Lizbeth Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134906951
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Contemporary Feminist Theatres is a major evaluation of the forms feminism has taken in the theatre since 1968. Lizbeth Goodman provides a provocative and interdisciplinary study of the development of feminist theatres in Britain. She examines the treatment of key issues such as gender, race, sexuality, language and power in performance. Based on original research and fresh data, Contemporary Feminst Theatres is a fully comprehensive and admirably clear analysis of a flourishing field of practice and inquiry.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134906951
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Contemporary Feminist Theatres is a major evaluation of the forms feminism has taken in the theatre since 1968. Lizbeth Goodman provides a provocative and interdisciplinary study of the development of feminist theatres in Britain. She examines the treatment of key issues such as gender, race, sexuality, language and power in performance. Based on original research and fresh data, Contemporary Feminst Theatres is a fully comprehensive and admirably clear analysis of a flourishing field of practice and inquiry.
Contemporary Feminist Theatres
A Stage of Their Own
Author: Sheila Stowell
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082735
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082735
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Feminist Stages
Author: Lizbeth Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000672980
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This volume is a collection of interviews that spans feminist views from 1968 to the 1990s. Including over eight years of research. Part of the Comtemporary Theatre Studies series, it will be of special interest to everyone involved in theatre and useful to students and those who oare interested in women's theatre.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000672980
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This volume is a collection of interviews that spans feminist views from 1968 to the 1990s. Including over eight years of research. Part of the Comtemporary Theatre Studies series, it will be of special interest to everyone involved in theatre and useful to students and those who oare interested in women's theatre.
Making a Spectacle
Author: Lynda Hart
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472063895
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The first scholarly collection to discuss the intersection of feminism and dramatic theory
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472063895
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The first scholarly collection to discuss the intersection of feminism and dramatic theory
Black Feminism in Contemporary Drama
Author: Lisa M. Anderson
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252032284
Category : African Americans in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
In tracing black feminism in contemporary drama by black women playwrights, Lisa M. Anderson reviews the history of black feminism through analysis of plays by Pearl Cleage, Glenda Dickerson, Breena Clarke, Kia Corthron, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sharon Bridgforth, and Shirlene Holmes.Black Feminism in Contemporary Dramarepresents a cross section of women who have diverse writing and performance styles and generational differences that highlight the artistic and political breadth of black feminist theater. Anderson closely investigates each play's construction and the context of its production, including how the play critiques, shifts, or alters dominant culture stereotypes; how it positions goals of the "community"; and how it engages with the concept of art's function. She not only discusses what shapes the black feminism of these writers but also points out how the meaning of the term black feminism shifts among them.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252032284
Category : African Americans in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
In tracing black feminism in contemporary drama by black women playwrights, Lisa M. Anderson reviews the history of black feminism through analysis of plays by Pearl Cleage, Glenda Dickerson, Breena Clarke, Kia Corthron, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sharon Bridgforth, and Shirlene Holmes.Black Feminism in Contemporary Dramarepresents a cross section of women who have diverse writing and performance styles and generational differences that highlight the artistic and political breadth of black feminist theater. Anderson closely investigates each play's construction and the context of its production, including how the play critiques, shifts, or alters dominant culture stereotypes; how it positions goals of the "community"; and how it engages with the concept of art's function. She not only discusses what shapes the black feminism of these writers but also points out how the meaning of the term black feminism shifts among them.
Feminist Theatre
Author: Helene Keyssar
Publisher: New York : Grove Press
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Grove Press
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Feminist Theatre
Author: Helene Keyssar
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan, 1984 (1986 printing)
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Focuses on the works of Pam Gems, Michalene Wandor, Caryl Churchill, Megan Terry, and Ntozake Shange.
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan, 1984 (1986 printing)
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Focuses on the works of Pam Gems, Michalene Wandor, Caryl Churchill, Megan Terry, and Ntozake Shange.
From Aphra Behn to Fun Home
Author: Carey Purcell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1538115263
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Theatre has long been considered a feminine interest for which women consistently purchase the majority of tickets, while the shows they are seeing typically are written and brought to the stage by men. Furthermore, the stories these productions tell are often about men, and the complex leading roles in these shows are written for and performed by male actors. Despite this imbalance, the feminist voice presses to be heard and has done so with more success than ever before. In From Aphra Behn to Fun Home: A Cultural History of Feminist Theatre, Carey Purcell traces the evolution of these important artists and productions over several centuries. After examining the roots of feminist theatre in early Greek plays and looking at occasional works produced before the twentieth century, Purcell then identifies the key players and productions that have emerged over the last several decades. This book covers the heyday of the second wave feminist movement—which saw the growth of female-centric theatre groups—and highlights the work of playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, Pam Gems, and Wendy Wasserstein. Other prominent artists discussed here include playwrights Paula Vogel Lynn and Tony-award winning directors Garry Hynes and Julie Taymor. The volume also examines diversity in contemporary feminist theatre—with discussions of such playwrights as Young Jean Lee and Lynn Nottage—and a look toward the future. Purcell explores the very nature of feminist theater—does it qualify if a play is written by a woman or does it just need to feature strong female characters?—as well as how notable activist work for feminism has played a pivotal role in theatre. An engaging survey of female artists on stage and behind the scenes, From Aphra Behn to Fun Home will be of interest to theatregoers and anyone interested in the invaluable contributions of women in the performing arts.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1538115263
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Theatre has long been considered a feminine interest for which women consistently purchase the majority of tickets, while the shows they are seeing typically are written and brought to the stage by men. Furthermore, the stories these productions tell are often about men, and the complex leading roles in these shows are written for and performed by male actors. Despite this imbalance, the feminist voice presses to be heard and has done so with more success than ever before. In From Aphra Behn to Fun Home: A Cultural History of Feminist Theatre, Carey Purcell traces the evolution of these important artists and productions over several centuries. After examining the roots of feminist theatre in early Greek plays and looking at occasional works produced before the twentieth century, Purcell then identifies the key players and productions that have emerged over the last several decades. This book covers the heyday of the second wave feminist movement—which saw the growth of female-centric theatre groups—and highlights the work of playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, Pam Gems, and Wendy Wasserstein. Other prominent artists discussed here include playwrights Paula Vogel Lynn and Tony-award winning directors Garry Hynes and Julie Taymor. The volume also examines diversity in contemporary feminist theatre—with discussions of such playwrights as Young Jean Lee and Lynn Nottage—and a look toward the future. Purcell explores the very nature of feminist theater—does it qualify if a play is written by a woman or does it just need to feature strong female characters?—as well as how notable activist work for feminism has played a pivotal role in theatre. An engaging survey of female artists on stage and behind the scenes, From Aphra Behn to Fun Home will be of interest to theatregoers and anyone interested in the invaluable contributions of women in the performing arts.